Okay,

I'm not very confident today. Today I finally saw a pdoc who has diagnosed me as bipolar and prescribed me Lithium. He said I was being hypomanic in the session.

I'm all for meds, so am very surprised at how I'm feeling right now. I'm very apprehensive about starting on meds. I saw a GP yesterday who diagnosed me with anxiety disorder and depression; she believes once I get out of the stressful living environment I am in at the moment, i should immensely improve with my conditions.

Should I just start on them, and see how it goes? This is the first time I've ever seen the above GP and pdoc so it feels like... we should look into it more, if you know what I mean. But I have seen a string of docs over the last few months and I have some saying situational depression and some bipolar so I don't feel like it's been 'settled' on. Though I admit, when I talk about depression with docs, I don't think it fits me very well; bipolar explains pretty much everything - so maybe I'm just in denial?

I know meds are different for everyone - anyone able to give me pros/cons and what to expect with it? I guess less beer for me these days too... :/